Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Electric Power, Public Utilities and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa rose 1.55% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Cia Paranaense de Energia (SA:CPLE6), which rose 5.06% or 1.28 points to trade at 26.58 at the close. WEG SA (SA:WEGE3) added 4.80% or 0.82 points to end at 17.92 and Petroleo Brasileiro SA (SA:PETR3) was up 4.04% or 0.95 points to 24.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Estacio Participacoes SA (SA:ESTC3), which lost 5.37% or 1.93 points to trade at 33.98 in late trade. Viavarejo Unt (SA:VVAR11) declined 4.39% or 1.39 points to end at 30.26 and Hypermarcas SA (SA:HYPE3) shed 4.00% or 1.31 points to 31.48.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 245 to 140 and 38 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 8.40% to 27.70.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.32% or 4.20 to $1318.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.18% or 0.12 to hit $68.17 a barrel, while the July US coffee C contract rose 0.47% or 0.56 to trade at $119.53 .
USD/BRL was down 0.24% to 3.4765, while EUR/BRL fell 0.74% to 4.2067.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 91.39.